Meaning: dunk 
dʌŋk
n.
a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
v.
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
make a dunk shot, in basketball
dip into a liquid while eating
dunk Idiom, Proverb
dunkin'
Dunkirk spirit
(UK) Dunkirk spirit is when people pull together to get through a very difficult time.slam dunk
slam dunkA forceful, dramatic move, as in That indictment was a slam dunk if ever there was one. This expression is also often put as a verb, slam-dunk, meaning “make a forceful move against someone,” as in This is a great chance for us to slam-dunk the opposition. The idiom comes from basketball, where it refers to a dramatic shot in which the ball is thrust into the basket from above the rim. It was transferred to other activities from about 1980 on.
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